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AISHEL HOUSE

AISHEL HOUSE

About

What Is It?

A charity that offers “the comforts of home and community” — including meals, accommodations, Jewish chaplaincy, child care, and transportation — to patients who come to the Texas Medical Center from around the world.

Help Needed:

Deliver meals, create holiday food or crafts for patients, help care for children of patients or family members, sing holiday songs for patient families, and perform other helpful tasks. 

Details

Minimum Age to Volunteer

Volunteers aged 10-12 must be accompanied by an adult. Volunteers must be 13 to participate in the Junior Volunteer Program.

Time Commitment

Must commit to volunteering at least six times a year.

Suitable for Groups of Volunteers?

Yes. “Everyone at Aishel House loves it when a group of friendly volunteers comes together. There are several group volunteer opportunities at Aishel House. Food from Friends, Gardening, Musical or Art evenings are some of the group-friendly volunteer programs we have available.” Contact Aishel House for more information.

Training Needed

To best ensure that volunteers are matched up where they can be most effective, there is a screening process to volunteer at Aishel House. The screening process consists of three steps:
1) Fill out the volunteer signup form
2) In-person interview
3) Volunteer orientation

Help Needed

HOLIDAY CHEER PROJECT

Get together and create uplifting gifts, of food or crafts, which are given to the patients. These projects take place around the holidays and feature holiday themes.

NIGUN FOR THE NESHAMA (“Melody for the Soul”)

Musically talented volunteers visit with patients and lift their spirits with song. These events are usually arranged during holiday seasons.

CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE

Sometimes patients or their family members at the hospital are accompanied by young children. Volunteers help look after these children so parents can be free to attend to other needs.

MITZVAH WHEELS PROJECT

Teens who qualify for the Mitzvah Wheels Project can:

• Pick up or drop off patients and their family members at the airport.
• Take a patient or family member to get out a little and do some shopping, whether for groceries or just for fun – going to a mall, for example, or doing some sightseeing.
• Do grocery shopping for a family who simply cannot get out and do so on their own.
• Deliver a warm meal to the hospital or to a patient’s accommodations.

Contact Details

Contact

For more information, visit the volunteer page on the Aishel House website.

Website

http://www.aishelhouse.org/

Location

AISHEL HOUSE

1955 University Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77030

Location Details

1955 University Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77030

Get Directions

Additional Information

Introduction to Aishel House Video (1 minute 47 seconds) (2012)

Examples of past Scout projects

Eagle: Adam F., Troop 806, organized a maintenance and cleanup project at an apartment owned by Aishel House.  Adam and his group of Scouts touched up walls and floors in the apartment with paint and wood stain, replaced the kitchen floor and added shelving, repainted the porch, power-washed the driveway and cleaned throughout the apartment. (2008)

Max K., Troop 806, renovated an apartment owned by Aishel House. It was in poor condition, and Max cleaned it and made complicated repairs to make it liveable. (2011)

Eagle: Researched appropriate herbs and created an herb garden for use in cooking patient/family meals.

Gallery

Emery Weiner students making challah, 2016
Emery Weiner students making challah, 2016
Front desk volunteer, June 2019
Front desk volunteer, June 2019
Meal delivery, 2013
Meal delivery, 2013
2014
2014
2014
2014
Meal delivery, 2011
Meal delivery, 2011
2013
2013
Meal delivery, 2016
Meal delivery, 2016
Meal delivery, 2013
Meal delivery, 2013
2014
2014
2014
2014
Volunteers, December 2020
Volunteers, December 2020
Example of an Aishel House meal
Example of an Aishel House meal
Meal delivery, 2017
Meal delivery, 2017
Meal delivery
Meal delivery
2015
2015
Chanukah cookies made by Aliza as part of a Bat Mitzvah project, 2013
Chanukah cookies made by Aliza as part of a Bat Mitzvah project, 2013
Aishel Purim Celebration, March 2020
Aishel Purim Celebration, March 2020
2017
2017
2014
2014
2015
2015
Meal delivery 2013
Meal delivery 2013
An Aishel House meal, 2016
An Aishel House meal, 2016
Meal delivery 2016
Meal delivery 2016
Donation of stuffed bears for Chanukah, 2013
Donation of stuffed bears for Chanukah, 2013
2015
2015
Event for new building, 2014
Event for new building, 2014
2012
2012
Meal delivery, 2014
Meal delivery, 2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
Meal delivery, 2015
Meal delivery, 2015
2014
2014
Meal delivery, 2013
Meal delivery, 2013
Meal delivery, 2014
Meal delivery, 2014
2015
2015
Gardening at Aishel House, 2013
Gardening at Aishel House, 2013
Emery Weiner students, 2016
Emery Weiner students, 2016
Meal delivery, 2014
Meal delivery, 2014
2014
2014
Meal delivery, 2017
Meal delivery, 2017
November 2015
November 2015
Meal delivery, 2014
Meal delivery, 2014
Meal delivery
Meal delivery
2013
2013
Making hamantaschen, 2014
Making hamantaschen, 2014
Purim baskets, 2014
Purim baskets, 2014
Meal delivery, 2012
Meal delivery, 2012
Emery Weiner students making challah, 2016
Front desk volunteer, June 2019
Meal delivery, 2013
2014
2014
Meal delivery, 2011
2013
Meal delivery, 2016
Meal delivery, 2013
2014
2014
Volunteers, December 2020
Example of an Aishel House meal
Meal delivery, 2017
Meal delivery
2015
Chanukah cookies made by Aliza as part of a Bat Mitzvah project, 2013
Aishel Purim Celebration, March 2020
2017
2014
2015
Meal delivery 2013
An Aishel House meal, 2016
Meal delivery 2016
Donation of stuffed bears for Chanukah, 2013
2015
Event for new building, 2014
2012
Meal delivery, 2014
2014
2014
Meal delivery, 2015
2014
Meal delivery, 2013
Meal delivery, 2014
2015
Gardening at Aishel House, 2013
Emery Weiner students, 2016
Meal delivery, 2014
2014
Meal delivery, 2017
November 2015
Meal delivery, 2014
Meal delivery
2013
Making hamantaschen, 2014
Purim baskets, 2014
Meal delivery, 2012

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Alexis Ledet says

    May 30, 2019 at 4:28 pm

    I am very interested in helping people with this program! Only problem is I am not able to drive yet. I am getting my license towards the end if summer but I would love to help with the other activities.

    Reply
    • Claire Furse says

      August 14, 2019 at 7:52 pm

      Hi there, thanks for your interest in Aishel House! I would suggest reaching out to Rachel at Aishel House by emailing volunteer@aishelhouse.org, or calling 713-522-2004, to see if you can help with other activities. – Claire

      Reply

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